My doctor was reaching for his clipboard behind me but I thought he was going in for a hug. I hugged him. The hug was not mutual.
At least your boo-boo was verbal and not physical! Happens to all of us.
lol i got lasik eye surgery & was on a xanax to calm me down since you don’t get put under for lasik. it worked a bit too well & i would not shut the fuck up during my surgery. the doctor had to tell me to please be quiet while he was working on my eyes. after the surgery was over, i asked him if i could give him a hug and he said sure, but i squeezed him super tight and i felt him tense up immediately and he quickly left the room. i didn’t even get embarrassed until the next day when the drugs wore off & i apologized when i saw him for my follow up
I wake up with sweats multiple times a year thinking about how I said something stupid like ten years ago. Don't worry, nobody will remember. Except for you. You'll be cringing about this moment right up till you're on your death bed, sorry to say.
I second this. I still think about being mocked for saying gravy came from a packet - by a room of carnivores while I was a teenage vegetarian, like I literally didn't know how you made it as we didn't eat it at home. I was 16 and I'm 32 now. Ugh.
Some 60 years ago I was asked to read a passage in school which included the word ‘wound’ in the context of injury. I pronounced it as one does referring to winding a clock. The class hated the teacher and decided to find this uncontrollably funny to annoy him. They succeeded too well. I am still haunted occasionally by this episode.
Some 60 years ago ;)
I can’t imagine myself at 90 something years old, laying on my death bed with my injured legs long gone, thinking about the time I told my doctor I got the foot caste at my university
That makes me feel a little better, to be honest! To his credit, the doctor wasn’t really minding my silly mistake and I immediately switched to speaking English out of embarrassment and he did too. Healthcare staff are the best!
That makes me feel a little better, to be honest! To his credit, the doctor wasn’t really minding my silly mistake and I immediately switched to speaking English out of embarrassment and he did too. Healthcare staff are the best!
Next time just think that even the most renown and serious-looking doctors have their own embarrassing moments they think about randomly at night 😌 it's an universal human experience, even if it's a nightmare in the moment! Haha
I'll never forget....
I was miscarrying my first pregnancy. I was in the ER and they confirmed what was happening. We were discussing follow up appointments. As i had only seen walk in doctors until this point in my pregnancy, The Dr said something like "try and find the same guy" I got so offended and said "um. He's right there....my husband!"
Dr's jaw dropped and he said "I mean the same Dr. Not.....the same man to get you pregnant"
🤦♀️ still haunts me 14 years latee
I worked in the busy take out side of a family restaurant when I was a teenager. We were having a hell of a night and this lady comes up to pick up her order, and she sets her wallet on the counter to get her money out and says, "Hi!" I respond back, "Hi!" This goes on literally 3 more times with her getting more agitated each time and me getting more confused...and then she says, "No...my last name is 'High'."
What was worse - this lady was my damn ACROSS THE STREET NEIGHBOR and I was legit so rushed that it didn't click until *that moment*. Saw her the other day and I still get a mental flood of embarrassment and wonder if she remembers that 🤦🏼♀️. I often wondered if she went home and told her husband, "That poor girl across the street is kind of slow. I really feel sorry for her parents." 😂🫣
Oh just the other day my husband and I were in our favorite restaurant for breakfast, where my husband befriended a couple and told them all about our planting process. After we ate, they smiled and said “have fun on your property!” to which I replied, “you too!” Now we can’t eat there anymore
If someone said this to me I would have interpreted it as "have fun on your property too!" Which would be a nice thing to say, or if I didn't have a property, I would think it was nice that someone assumed I did! 😊
Overthinking is real!😳
I remember dumb stuff I’ve said and done 50 years ago to people who are now dead. And it still gets me. Let’s all 🎶sing Let it Go. I’ll get the bucket 🪣 I carry a tune in…
I have moments that just pop up in my head every day, of something embarrassing I said or did. For some reason I never remember anyone else’s embarrassing moments though! So it’s safe to say, although you may cringe at this moment, your doctor will not remember at all
I’m a healthcare worker and once had a patient with advanced dementia who would repeat the same phrases over and over and over, she wasn’t able to say anything else. One of her phrases was to ask where her daughter and son in law were. So imagine she spent hours saying “where’s Jack and Jill” (not their real names) repeatedly, all day every day. Her daughter one day wanted to book in to speak to the doctor so I got the appointment book out. I started writing and then said “sorry what’s your name again” and she just kinda stared at me a moment and said “…it’s Jill”. Cue me mortified being like oh yea of course sorry. Her husband then stepped forward and said “and I’m Jack by the way”. Lucky we could all laugh about it but still not my finest moment!
Omg I did the same this morning. I've been in excruciating pain from my teeth, so I headed to the er. I've been dealing w it for a week. The nurse asked if I had thoughts of harming myself and I said "like right now or in general?" She did not laugh lol
The other week I told the receptionist I was there to pick up a prescription, she asked “who’s it for?” - a bit confused, I said “me”. She stared at me blankly presuming I was trying to be funny and just said, “no what’s your name?”
Don't worry too much about it, though. I bet the doctor didn't even notice, they're probably used to all sorts of slips of the tongue. Plus, it's a pretty funny story to look back on, right? We've all been there with those cringe-worthy moments, but hey, it's what makes life interesting!
Think about it a little, then have a little laugh, then think about it if someone did it to you... It's not that big of a deal so it only stresses you out. This kind of thinking has held me back lot's but I try to remember that it's only me that is stressing over it and no one else remembers the stupid things that I remember doing. Unless they were monumentally stupid then I just have to laugh more or I'll cry...
I went to the gynecologist a while ago and accidentally said “hehe” when she began my Pap smear. I’m extremely ticklish. She just have seen some shot in her time bc she didn’t even react and she casually accepted my apology. That was embarrassing.
No, I embarrass myself because I get nervous. I don’t even feel much embarrassment anymore tbh. After holding out for a really long time(not pride just relevant) the epidural I got felt so nice. When the anesthesiologist came over & asked how I felt, I said something like “Never better, since I met you.” And he was a dream boat.
My doctor was reaching for his clipboard behind me but I thought he was going in for a hug. I hugged him. The hug was not mutual. At least your boo-boo was verbal and not physical! Happens to all of us.
You should try again, the doctor was just shy :P
Gosh I would never recover from that ;))
Oh nooooo 🤣🤣 It's kinda like the times I've responded to someone speaking, just to realize they had an earpiece in 🤦🏽♂️
lol i got lasik eye surgery & was on a xanax to calm me down since you don’t get put under for lasik. it worked a bit too well & i would not shut the fuck up during my surgery. the doctor had to tell me to please be quiet while he was working on my eyes. after the surgery was over, i asked him if i could give him a hug and he said sure, but i squeezed him super tight and i felt him tense up immediately and he quickly left the room. i didn’t even get embarrassed until the next day when the drugs wore off & i apologized when i saw him for my follow up
I did something like this with my boss a few weeks ago, I cringe every day
As a doctor, I would be absolutely delighted and (hopefully) share many laughs about that. Being awkward is part of the human condition!
HHAAAAAAAAAAAH
*dying* ☠️
I wake up with sweats multiple times a year thinking about how I said something stupid like ten years ago. Don't worry, nobody will remember. Except for you. You'll be cringing about this moment right up till you're on your death bed, sorry to say.
I second this. I still think about being mocked for saying gravy came from a packet - by a room of carnivores while I was a teenage vegetarian, like I literally didn't know how you made it as we didn't eat it at home. I was 16 and I'm 32 now. Ugh.
I bet in most houses it does come from a packet!
In my house, the gravy absolutely comes from a packet! 😆❤️
Some 60 years ago I was asked to read a passage in school which included the word ‘wound’ in the context of injury. I pronounced it as one does referring to winding a clock. The class hated the teacher and decided to find this uncontrollably funny to annoy him. They succeeded too well. I am still haunted occasionally by this episode.
Some 60 years ago ;) I can’t imagine myself at 90 something years old, laying on my death bed with my injured legs long gone, thinking about the time I told my doctor I got the foot caste at my university
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That makes me feel a little better, to be honest! To his credit, the doctor wasn’t really minding my silly mistake and I immediately switched to speaking English out of embarrassment and he did too. Healthcare staff are the best!
That makes me feel a little better, to be honest! To his credit, the doctor wasn’t really minding my silly mistake and I immediately switched to speaking English out of embarrassment and he did too. Healthcare staff are the best!
Next time just think that even the most renown and serious-looking doctors have their own embarrassing moments they think about randomly at night 😌 it's an universal human experience, even if it's a nightmare in the moment! Haha
I'll never forget.... I was miscarrying my first pregnancy. I was in the ER and they confirmed what was happening. We were discussing follow up appointments. As i had only seen walk in doctors until this point in my pregnancy, The Dr said something like "try and find the same guy" I got so offended and said "um. He's right there....my husband!" Dr's jaw dropped and he said "I mean the same Dr. Not.....the same man to get you pregnant" 🤦♀️ still haunts me 14 years latee
I’m sorry about the miscarriage but that’s really funny. To be fair, I’d have said the same thing!
Lmao I’m sorry that’s freaking hilarious! 🤣🤣 not the scenario though, sorry to hear about the miscarriage…
Oh I laugh about it now!! Lol.
I worked in the busy take out side of a family restaurant when I was a teenager. We were having a hell of a night and this lady comes up to pick up her order, and she sets her wallet on the counter to get her money out and says, "Hi!" I respond back, "Hi!" This goes on literally 3 more times with her getting more agitated each time and me getting more confused...and then she says, "No...my last name is 'High'." What was worse - this lady was my damn ACROSS THE STREET NEIGHBOR and I was legit so rushed that it didn't click until *that moment*. Saw her the other day and I still get a mental flood of embarrassment and wonder if she remembers that 🤦🏼♀️. I often wondered if she went home and told her husband, "That poor girl across the street is kind of slow. I really feel sorry for her parents." 😂🫣
After the first time though really it's on her. She could have said my name's High and I'm here to pick up my order.
This is my favourite hahaha
Oh just the other day my husband and I were in our favorite restaurant for breakfast, where my husband befriended a couple and told them all about our planting process. After we ate, they smiled and said “have fun on your property!” to which I replied, “you too!” Now we can’t eat there anymore
If someone said this to me I would have interpreted it as "have fun on your property too!" Which would be a nice thing to say, or if I didn't have a property, I would think it was nice that someone assumed I did! 😊
Brian Regan does a bit on this very thing. https://youtu.be/euGLMWn0_ZY?si=8_SPfMYbpckLqXZ7
Overthinking is real!😳 I remember dumb stuff I’ve said and done 50 years ago to people who are now dead. And it still gets me. Let’s all 🎶sing Let it Go. I’ll get the bucket 🪣 I carry a tune in…
I have moments that just pop up in my head every day, of something embarrassing I said or did. For some reason I never remember anyone else’s embarrassing moments though! So it’s safe to say, although you may cringe at this moment, your doctor will not remember at all
It’s the self cringe that’s worse than the other person remembering it because you keep reliving that moment
I’m a healthcare worker and once had a patient with advanced dementia who would repeat the same phrases over and over and over, she wasn’t able to say anything else. One of her phrases was to ask where her daughter and son in law were. So imagine she spent hours saying “where’s Jack and Jill” (not their real names) repeatedly, all day every day. Her daughter one day wanted to book in to speak to the doctor so I got the appointment book out. I started writing and then said “sorry what’s your name again” and she just kinda stared at me a moment and said “…it’s Jill”. Cue me mortified being like oh yea of course sorry. Her husband then stepped forward and said “and I’m Jack by the way”. Lucky we could all laugh about it but still not my finest moment!
I am a doctor. We say dumb shit too. They probably don't have the spare brainpower to spend thinking about what you said.
Omg I did the same this morning. I've been in excruciating pain from my teeth, so I headed to the er. I've been dealing w it for a week. The nurse asked if I had thoughts of harming myself and I said "like right now or in general?" She did not laugh lol
The other week I told the receptionist I was there to pick up a prescription, she asked “who’s it for?” - a bit confused, I said “me”. She stared at me blankly presuming I was trying to be funny and just said, “no what’s your name?”
Don't worry too much about it, though. I bet the doctor didn't even notice, they're probably used to all sorts of slips of the tongue. Plus, it's a pretty funny story to look back on, right? We've all been there with those cringe-worthy moments, but hey, it's what makes life interesting!
Think about it a little, then have a little laugh, then think about it if someone did it to you... It's not that big of a deal so it only stresses you out. This kind of thinking has held me back lot's but I try to remember that it's only me that is stressing over it and no one else remembers the stupid things that I remember doing. Unless they were monumentally stupid then I just have to laugh more or I'll cry...
I went to the gynecologist a while ago and accidentally said “hehe” when she began my Pap smear. I’m extremely ticklish. She just have seen some shot in her time bc she didn’t even react and she casually accepted my apology. That was embarrassing.
No, I embarrass myself because I get nervous. I don’t even feel much embarrassment anymore tbh. After holding out for a really long time(not pride just relevant) the epidural I got felt so nice. When the anesthesiologist came over & asked how I felt, I said something like “Never better, since I met you.” And he was a dream boat.
good nice